| General Dimitrije Đurić | |
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| General Dimitrije Đurić | |
| Minister of War | |
In office 2 February 1890 – 16 March 1890 | |
| Minister of War | |
In office 21 March 1892 – 9 August 1892 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 29, 1838 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | October 19, 1893 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Principality of Serbia Kingdom of Serbia
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| Years of service | 1862 - 1893 |
| Rank | General |
| Battles/wars | Serbo-Turkish War |
General Dimitrije Đurić (Serbian Cyrillic language: Димитрије Ђурић ), (Belgrade , September 29, 1838 - Belgrade, October 19, 1893) was a Serbian army officer, minister of defence, professor at the military academy and member of the Serbian Royal Academy of Science.[1]
Biography[]
As an artillery officer in training Dimitrije Đurić spent the period 1865-67 in Russia at Tsar Nicholas I General Staff Academy. Returning to Serbia in 1867, he was attached to the general staff.[2] He attained the rank of general in 1893, and served in several capacities including director of the military academy and minister of war in the governments of Sava Grujić and Nikola Pašić.[3]
Personal life[]
Dimitrije Đurić was married to Persida Matić, daughter of Minister of Education Dimitri Matić. They had three sons: Captain of artillery Milan Đurić (died at the battle of Vranje in 1911), Miloš Đurić and Velizar Đurić, and four daughters: Stanislava married to Colonel Dr Roman Sondermajer (children: Vladislaw Sondermajer, Lieutenant Colonel of aviation; Tadija Sondermajer, famous pilot of the Great War and founder of Aeroput; Stanislav Sondermajer, youngest hero of the battle of Cer and daughter Jadviga); Dragica married to Vladimir Sajnović; author Spasenija "Pata" Marković married to Major Djordje Ristić and Ljubica married to Lieutenant Colonel Mihailo Naumović.
Awards and decorations[]
Principality of Serbia[]
- Order of the Cross of Takovo Grand Officer's Cross 3rd Class with Swords
- Order of the Cross of Takovo Officer's Cross 5th Class
- Order of the Cross of Takovo Grand Cross 2nd Class
- Order Sv. Sava Commander
- Silver medal for bravery
- War of Liberation and Independence 1876-1878 Commemorative Medal
- War of 1885 Commemorative Medal
Foreign[]
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class Russia
- Order of Saint Anna 4th Class, Russia
- Order of Independence , Montenegro
Works[]
- Strategy (Tactics of War) Publisher: Ministry of Military Kingdom of Serbia 1895 [4]
References[]
- ↑ "Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts". https://www.sanu.ac.rs/clan/djuric-dimitrije/.
- ↑ Popovic, Ljubodrag (2003). Generals of the Army of the Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. Military Publishing Institute. pp. 88–92. ISBN 8633501422.
- ↑ McClellan, Woodford (2015). Svetozar Markovic and the Origins of Balkan Socialism. Princeton University Press. pp. 49. ISBN 9780691651330.
- ↑ "Strategija (taktika vojevanja) - Dimitrije Đurić, đeneral (1895)". https://www.antikvarne-knjige.com/knjige/detail-item_id-19030.
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